Five teachers from Colorado attended COSEE West’s Ocean Observing System workshop in August. Read about their experience visiting five different locations the week of their workshop. We will have another teacher exchange between Colorado and California in 2012. Visit http://cires.colorado.edu/education/outreach/cosee/ for more information. COSEE, Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence is supported by the National… Read More
Our flight from DIA to LAX was uneventful. We located each other using Chris and his wonderful blue NASA uniform. He is a character with a story for every occasion! We had to wait several hours for hotel check-in so decided to explore the surrounding area. We found an In-n-Out Burger joint and had to… Read More
Off to USC…a beautiful campus with lots of construction going on! Today we spent a good deal of time engaged in activities designed to introduce us to oceans and ocean literacy. Had an interesting presentation on ocean observing systems by Burt Jones. The teachers participated in a really good jigsaw activity tying standards and concepts… Read More
Up bright and early so we can be at the Ocean Institute at Dana Point Harbor by 8am. Onboard the R/V Sea Explorer we were given a safety briefing and then we were out to sea to collect water samples off the coast. It was a beautiful clear day so we could see nothing but… Read More
This morning was a slightly shorter trip to Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. By the way, did I mention Chris is our fabulous driver with help from navigators David and Rodney. They make a fabulous team. We have not been lost once and that infamous Southern California traffic has been unusually kind to us… Read More
Jet Propulsion Lab here we come!! Moving inland we could feel the humidity drop and the temperature rise, but it still felt cool compared to the heat we’ve been experiencing in CO. After the extensive check-in at JPL (they are sticklers for identification details), we were led to a conference room and introduced to several… Read More
After checking out of the historic Culver Hotel in beautiful downtown Culver City we are on our way to the last stop of our trip, UCLA. We began the morning with a review of the importance of incorporating the 7 principles of ocean literacy into our curriculum. Remember to check out the ocean literacy website… Read More
Five teachers are getting ready to travel to California on Sunday to attend the Ocean Observatory Systems Institute sponsored by COSEE West. Not only will they learn lots of new and interesting information about ocean sciences, but they will learn how to navigate Southern California as they travel to a new site each day. This… Read More
